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Alfred Vanderbilt

For the last three decades, Alfred G. Vanderbilt has been the unofficial voice of the Vanderbilt family. Stories written by him have appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, Blood-Horse, and others. He has given lectures on the family’s history and appears in documentaries, including The Racetrack at Saratoga, America’s Grandest Race Course; The Adirondacks; Sagamore Lodge, America’s Great Camp; and Nothing Left Unsaid.

Before embarking on a long career in public relations, he founded Four Fifths, a rock and roll band recorded by Columbia Records, and then became the youngest president of the New York Chapter of the Grammy Awards in its history.

In the 1990s, Alfred served on the Board of OpSail (the Tall Ships organization). With Walter Cronkite and Ambassador Emil S. “Bus” Mosbacher, he created the highest-rated show in WNET’s history. He also organized the first Vanderbilt family reunion in a quarter century and two years later gave the keynote speech at another Vanderbilt reunion—this one celebrating the centennial of The Breakers in Newport, RI. His public relations firm represented corporate and non-profit clients for more than thirty years.

Alfred Vanderbilt is the proud father of James Vanderbilt, a filmmaker, and his brother, Travis, a healthcare professional. He is Chairman of the Vanderbilt Cemetery Association, which preserves the Historic Vanderbilt Mausoleum and Cemetery on Staten Island. Now retired, he is finishing a memoir about growing up on one of the last Vanderbilt estates on the Gold Coast of Long Island.